[Note that version 5.2 is not an official release and so any
comments about it should be considered preliminary - moderator]
The reason I asked about GraphEdit.m and JavaGraphics.m is that they do
not appear among the files in the new Mathematica version 5.2. And in
5.2 I did not find any function SetGraphics or ResetGraphics. Nor could
I find any documentation about this change.
(In fact, the "What's New in Version 5.2"" is annoyingly vague, with not
a single hyperlink on the list of performance improvements and a last,
vague item "And many more enhancements & innovations".)
Jean-Marc Gulliet wrote:
> Murray Eisenberg wrote:
>
>> What are the packages GraphEdit.m and JavaGraphics.m that I find in
>> the directory
>>
>> ToFileName[{$InstallationDirectory,"SystemFiles","Graphics","Packages"}]
>>
>> of Mathematica 5.1?
>>
>> Are they part of the Mathematica 5.1 distribution? Or from some 3rd
>> party Add-on?
>
> Hi Murray,
>
> Both _GraphEdit.m_ and _JavaGraphics.m_ packages are part of Mathematica
> standard installation.
>
> _GraphEdit.m_ is said to "render graphics with V5 front end," and
> contains two functions: *SetGraphics* and *ResetGraphics*. The usage
> massages read, respectively:
>
> "SetGraphics[type] sets the type of graphics cells generated by graphics
> commands. \"type\" may be \"SymbolicGraphics\", \"PostScript\", or
> \"Compare\"", and
>
> "ResetGraphics[] restores the display function used before the GraphEdit
> package was loaded."
>
> According to the *ReadMe.txt* file located in the packages directory:
> "This directory contains files called by version-specific init.m files.
> Most of them set up the correct mode for display of graphics on
> different machines. [...] JavaGraphics.m : send graphics to Java
> window."
>
> Best regards,
> /J.M.
>
>
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